Radmind

Radmind
Developer(s)	Research Systems Unix Group at the University of Michigan
Stable release	1.14.1 / December 13, 2010
Repository	github.com/Radmind/radmind
Operating system	UNIX, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows
Type	Security (tripwire), file management
Website	At U. Mich, at GitHub, at Sourceforge

Radmind is a suite of Unix command-line tools and an application server designed to remotely administer the file systems of multiple client machines. ^{[1] [2]}

For Mac OS X, there is a graphical user interface called Radmind Assistant, as well as a GUI for the Radmind server called Radmind Server Manager. ^[3]

Radmind was the 2003 Apple Design Awards runner-up for Best Mac OS X Server Solution. ^[4]

Radmind is developed by the Research Systems Unix Group at the University of Michigan.^{[ citation needed ]}

How Radmind Works

Radmind operates as a tripwire, detecting changes in a client's filesystem (and, in the case of Microsoft Windows, the registry) and reversing the changes. ^{[5] [6] [7]} Radmind stores filesystem specifications in text files called transcripts, signified with a .T extension. Transcripts are referenced from command files, signified with a .K extension, which specify which transcripts (and with what precedence) should be applied to a client machine's filesystem.

Suite of tools

The radmind suite of tools comprises

• ktcheck, which updates the locally stored command files and transcripts to match those on the server.
• fsdiff, which checks the client filesystem against the transcripts on the local system without using network bandwidth.
• lapply, which updates the client filesystem to match the transcripts, downloading files as needed.
• lcreate, which uploads new transcripts to the server.
• lcksum, which verifies uploaded transcripts.
• lfdiff, which compares local files with copies on Radmind server.
• lmerge, which combines transcripts on the server.
• ra.sh , which automates the update process using ktcheck, fsdiff, and lapply.
• twhich, which returns which transcript(s) a file is referenced in.
• applefile, which allows Radmind to work with AppleSingle files.

References

1. Kevin M. White (16 April 2010). Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Deployment v10.5. Pearson Education. p. 472. ISBN   978-0-13-208942-5.
2. Schoun Regan; David Pugh, eds. (5 June 2006). Apple Training Series: Mac OS X 10.4 System Administration Reference. Pearson Education. p. 426. ISBN   978-0-13-279791-7.
3. Michael Bartosh; Ryan Faas (24 May 2005). Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration: Integrating Mac OS X Server into Heterogeneous Networks. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". pp. 74–75. ISBN   978-0-596-55060-8.
4. "WWDC: Apple announces Design Awards". MacWorld. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
5. Noah Gift; Jeremy Jones (8 December 2008). Python for Unix and Linux System Administration. O'Reilly Germany. p. 244. ISBN   978-0-596-51582-9.
6. Edward Marczak; Greg Neagle (18 August 2010). Enterprise Mac Managed Preferences. Apress. p. 146. ISBN   978-1-4302-2937-7.
7. Al-Sakib Khan Pathan (29 January 2014). The State of the Art in Intrusion Prevention and Detection. CRC Press. p. 41. ISBN   978-1-4822-0351-6.

External links

• Radmind wiki
• Radmind Manual for Mac OS X
• Radmind Deployment & Implementation Documentation